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Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

Supply Chain capability development - Functional Mastery, Improving supply chain efficiency by deploying appropriate tools and practices, and performance improvement.

Nairobi, Kenya

Managing all Logistics and procurement processes for the organizations. This entails providing logistics and commercial solutions to small scale farmers. Transportation of fresh farm products from farm to markets in Nairobi and other cities within the country.

Nairobi, Kenya

Cremins International Ltd is a startup wth core business on sourcing and distribution of food products offering last mile logistics solutions.

Nairobi, Kenya

Geocycle Kenya is a waste management company with a goal of zero waste future. I was the pioneer of the Geocycle Kenya from its inception and its launch. I employed innovation to develop Alternative Fuel for use in cement making by converting waste to energy. The job involved developing a new business streams with mini processing plants, manage operations and logistics. Managing of partners and other stakeholders including community.Managing P&L and operations and Sourcing.Achievement was delivery of 3M€ (Kes. 300M) profit annually.

Kampala

Responsible for sourcing of Alternative fuels for both Hima Cement Uganda and Bamburi Cement Kenya. This entails working with various stakeholders including government departments, farmers, regulators in order to utilize other forms of energy apart from fossil energy thus contributing positively towards having better, cleaner environment.

Kasese Uganda

Responsible for the procurement of commodities through the development and implementation of commodity strategies plans and the management of supplier relationship. Other areas of responsibility include price negotiation, planning and inventory control

Bamburi Cement Ltd

Key Responsibilities:Control - Custodian of supply chain policy, process procedures and contractsDecision making support - aligning department decisions with the business objectives and highlighting implicationsPerformance - Pillar in driving performance through; Performance plan formulation and implementation, Budgeting process, Variance analysis and action implementation.Sourcing - Analyzing spend data to develop purchasing strategies and selection & negotiation with suppliers and contracting together with supplier performance managementEfficiency improvement – Spearhead breakthrough initiatives especially in IT and actions aimed to simplify, standardize, automate, optimize and add valueReporting – Accurate and timely report preparation and submission.People development – Training need identification, appropriate training design and monitoring implementation

On-job training which involved working with all departments to have a better and deeper understanding of the business with a focus on Finance and Supply Chain

A one year program. One gets exposure in operations of the business in order to understand the whole supply chain and able to take up managerial positions after the training

Acca, Accounting, Above 80% In All Units Taken

Mcips, Purchasing & Supplies

B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Class representative, Hockey player, Chairman Technology student association.Graduated with a First class.